The American dub is considered inferior by fans of the original due to it changing parts of the script as well as character names (Getafix is changed to "Vitamix", Vitalstatistix to "Bombastix", Cacofonix to "Franksinatrix," Impedimenta to "Bonnemine" (her actual French name), and Unhygienix to "Fishstix"), and general dumbing-down for an audience assumed to be unfamiliar with the characters. This dub was commissioned by Disney/Touchstone Pictures for a planned US release in 1990, but never materialized and was shelved until it was included on the 1995 Mollin Video UK VHS. For the UK DVD Box Set release, rather than using the British dub, an American produced dub was included, featuring the voices of Henry Winkler as Asterix, Rosey Grier as Obelix and Lucille Bliss as Bonnemine. The first English dub of Asterix and the Big Fight featured Bill Oddie, Bernard Bresslaw, Peter Hawkins, Brian Blessed, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Andrew Sachs, and Ron Moody, amongst others, and was widely seen in the UK. In the aftermath of the attack, Prolix is hit by a menhir after his abilities are discovered to be a fake and loses his memories, while the centurion is demoted for his failure and was ordered by Optio to clean up the camp and also Prolix was ordered to leave the camp, as the village returns to normal.Įdgar Givry (speaking), and Jean-Jacques Cramier (singing) Getafix quickly brews the magic potion and convinces the villagers to test the soothsayer's abilities by having them attack the Roman camp. Shortly after the Romans move in, Getafix brews a very noxious potion whose vapors engulf the village, both restoring his memories and sanity in the process, and driving off the Romans on the belief that Prolix's prediction was true. Everyone leaves for a nearby island, except for Asterix, Obelix and Getafix. Returning to the village, Prolix foretells doom if the village is not abandoned. Although Roman laws declare such individuals to be arrested, the garrison's centurion is convinced of Prolix's abilities and uses him to chase away the villagers. The Romans send a patrol to investigate, and come across the Soothsayer, whom they capture. However, one of these makes him lighter than air causing him to float away, where he reports their problem. Despite being camouflaged, he is captured and used as a guinea pig for some of Getafix's less dangerous creations. His concoctions quickly prove problematic, and alert a garrison of Romans into sending a spy into the village. Knowing that Romans will quickly realise that the village is in trouble without the magic potion, Asterix and Vitalstatistix desperately attempt to have Getafix brew some. As the village comes to grip with this, a conman posing as a soothsayer named Prolix arrives and begins deceiving some of the credulous villagers into believing a number of prophecies he predicts for food and drink. When the village attempts a rescue, Obelix accidentally hits Getafix with a menhir in the resulting chaos, causing him to be struck with amnesia and insanity. The Romans capture Druid Getafix, as part of their plan to deprive a rebel village of Gauls from the magic potion that gives them super-human strength.